XeviousFeb 24
Prof. Sam Lawler

I have an interview soon that's supposed to be about "finding Planet 9 with the Vera Rubin Observatory", and I'm going to see if I can hijack it into an interview about satellite pollution instead.

I'm quite convinced that there is not another giant 10x Earth-mass planet out there waiting to be discovered, but there's a super interesting story written into the orbits of distant TNOs, waiting to be uncovered about our solar system's history, and it's going to get obliterated by satellite streaks

Feb 24 at 7:12pmWeb
Show threadDan SugalskiFeb 24
@sundogplanets I can see throwing all sorts of shade -- "while Plan 9 From Outer Space is unlikely to exist, if it did we're currently so impacted by satellite light pollution that we'd be unable to see it" or "if Plan 9 *did* exist we would need XXX thousand of them to have the same amount of light than just one of the tens of thousands of LEO satellites currently rendering ground based telescopes less and less useful"
Show threadBill ZaumenFeb 25

@wordshaper @sundogplanets The reference to "Plan 9 from Outer Space" reminds me of the time I took some relatives to the Metropolitan Opera as a Christmas present. Rudy Giuliani was a few feet ahead of us. During the intermission, he stayed in his place along with his (now former) wife who had a stern expression and was dressed in black. The first thing that popped into my head was "Vampira".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1sDIZSf9lk

Vampira All her Plan 9 scenes in HD

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Show threadKim Possible Feb 24

@sundogplanets new Elon Musk project: Deep Space Telescopes On the Moon!

I wish you well in redirecting the interview.

Show threadjerFeb 24
@sundogplanets thank you for your service
Show threadBlake C. StaceyFeb 24
@sundogplanets I don't know enough to have an opinion about Planet 9 worth saying, but it does sure seem like the ability to find out is being stolen from us
Show threadMeKobiFeb 24
@sundogplanets DO IT!
Show threadechopapaFeb 24

@sundogplanets

nice approach. We can't find Planet 9 because of fucking satellite streaks.

Show threadSpaceLifeFormFeb 24

@sundogplanets

If Planet 9 ever existed, Jupiter kicked it out long ago.

Show threadMatthias Rex 🦣Feb 25
@sundogplanets I'm disappointed to hear there probably isn't a "Planet 9" in the outer solar system because I was hoping to move someplace with milder winters.
Show threadeuroplus Feb 25

@sundogplanets be like this guy…

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116126261273206654

(Probably missed the boat, I hope you were like this guy.)

Stefan Bohacek (@[email protected])

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